Zoom-lenses I own two zoom lenses. One for everyday (24-70) and one that I use more and more for (telephoto and ultra-wide). I combine both Tamron and the original Canon lenses. Tamron offers very good quality for what I need (and can do with it) with a more affordable price tag. The Tamron is the only one…
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I did it once more. Again I used my lunch break to dream about travelling. Unfortunately I found a cheap flight from Stockholm to Helsinki in Finland. There is not much more to say. I booked it. April 20th 2017 starting at 8:45, returning at 20:40. That gives me a nice day in the Finish…
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The mobile one Thinking about traveling and all the trips I want to do this and next year, I needed something that was carry on style. Light, small and functional. Carbon is to expensive, so alu was the material of choise. Half price compared to the carbon one, and only 300 grams heavier (Ok, that…
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Last year was the first full year of me geocaching (than you Blacksheep for introducing me to this activity!). Every place I go, I try to find at least one of the small boxes, collecting municipalities and countries. I finished the challenge to find one in every municipality of my county, which took a weekend…
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As always I like to start thinking early about travel yo get the best information and the best deals. But this time I started of with a bit of a dilemma. Where to go for my big birthday tour next year (Easter 2018)? I had an idea of going to Brisbane, Australia for three weeks. Including…
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Leaving IKEA after a 3 hour shopping spree I finally booked a hotel in the small city of Vänersborg north-east of Gothenburg. Been there before, so nothing really new here. Found the Best Western Arena hotel near the city center at a price for 590 SEK. Acceptable. And again, Waze showed me the way in the…
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Finally I came home from my trip to Sweden on Sunday. I left the hotel at Oslo Airport Gardermoen around 8 am after a nice breakfast. On the road again, down towards Gothenburg. The highways around Oslo are not the best and you have to pay toll for them. Combined with a speed limit between…
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Ok. Some tours come my way without planning it. To complete the furniture in my livingroom I needed 2 armchairs from the same series as my sofa. Saved the money and wanted to order today… But IKEA decided to take it out of the system and a call to the hotline got me the information, that…
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This years travel calender is filling up nicely. We just made plans for the Pentecost weekend, which includes monday as a legal holiday. Leaving on Saturday and coming back on Tuesday, just one extra day is “lost”. No holidays left to use this year. The tour goes to Copenhagen, Denmark. An international group from Norway,…
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I am going to Stockholm around Easter and I thought about what to do in Stockholm. I have been there so many times and I like to do new stuff combined with known. One day of activity followed by a day of rest and doing little. First I thought about a day trip either to Åland…
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